All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

The root of all suffering is ignorance. The antidote to ignorance is wisdom that realizes emptiness.

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

The entire path is a path of self-responsibility. Nobody else can walk it for you.

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

It is never too late to turn on the light.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The goal of the Buddhist path is not to add something to our existence but to discover something that has been there all along.

The path to liberation requires both individual effort and the support of the spiritual community.

The snow lion stays in the mountains, and the snow lion's ways are the snow lion's ways.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle nothing stays, in the end nothing goes.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be miserable, expect something in return.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.